Gearing for washing-machines.



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GEARING -'OR WASHING MACHINES. APPLICAUGN FILED Nov. 17. 1913.

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t! hlltllll@ @BLA H. Pllil'lKIllS, OF CLINTON, IOT/"VA, ASSIGNOR TOWATKNS AND FISHER, il

COPARTNERSHIP CNSISTING OF CELA H. VVATKINS,

FRED J. FISHER, BRUCE V.

PIPER, AND WALTER C. FISHER, OF KENOSHA, `ifljISCGNSIN.

GEARING FOR WASHING-MACHNE$ Specification of Letters Patent.

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`application :filed November 17, 1913. Serial No. 80?.,378.

To alt whom it may Concern.'

lle it known that I, @una HQ WATKINs, a citizen of the United States,and resident of Clinton, ini the county of Clinton, State of lowa., haveinvented new and useful lmk j'roveinentsfin Gearing forWashingdllachines, of which the Afollowing is a description, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, which are a part of this speciiication. l

My invention has relation to improvements in Gearing for washingmachines, more especiallyto washing machines ada-pt ed to be run by anelectric, or other suitable form of motor.

The invention is designed to provide a gearing device of simple, durableand inexpensive construction, especially designed for use in operatingwashing machines and wringers by means of power applied by an electricmotor or other source of power.

The invention further is designed to provide a new and improved form ofgearing device. j

lli/'ith the above and other incidental objects in view, the inventionconsists of the devices and parts, or the equivalents thereof, ashereinafter more fully set forth.

ln, the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation of the gearingdevice, parts being shown in section; Fig. 2 is a plan view of thegearing as applied to the machine; llig. 3 is a ragmental end view; Fig.l is an elevation showing the top or cover of the tub closed, and alsoshowing the detachable j clothes chute in position. and further showtheea sy and convenient moving of the washing machine from one place toanother.

the upper edge of the rear of the tubA o, and against the inner side ofthe wall thereof, is a block. 7. To the upper surface beenhs block issecured by means of bolts 8,

a ledge 9, said ledge extending over the top edge oi the tub, andoutwardly for a desired distance. Bolted to, and extendinglongitudinally oi, this ledge 9, is a casting l0, said casting beingformed or provided-with upstanding bearings lil-1l 'for a .longitudinalshaft l2. rlhe said shaft is provided on one of its ends with a largebelt pulley 13, and upon its opposite end with a beveled pinion 14, andintermediate of its ends is formed with a worm 15. A belt 16 passesaround Apulley 13, and is then extended downwardly and around a smallpulley 17. 0n the end of a shaft 18 is an ordinary form of electricmotor 19, the said electric motor being supported on a suitable ledge orsupport (not shown) beneath the tub. y

The top or cover of the tub is indicatedi by the numeral 20, and theinner straight edge of said top or cover, when in closed posi.u tion,abuts against the inner straight edge of the ledge 9.

The hinge connection for the top or cover may be of any desired Yforni.l show in the drawings a hinge construction which l pre-v projectingupwardly Yfrom this plate is a stud 25. The numeral. 26 indicates a wormwheel which is in mesh with the worin 15 of shaft 12. The under side ofthis worm wheel is provided with a; hub 27 which loosely surrounds thestud V25, the lower end of said hub resting and rotating upon theannular shoulder 28 for-med on the stud near the lower end of said stud.lThe plate 24. has also projecting outwardly rorn its rear end a tongue29, which tongue, when the top or cover is turned downwardly to aclosing position, is adapted to engage with a keeper or pocket 30,preferably integral with. and e'xtending inwardly from, the castingl ll.ABy thus providing for the engagement ot' this tongue with the keeper orpocket ret'crred to, the worm wheel 26 is made to properly mesh with theworm 15, when the cover is in closed position, notwithstandingany slightdisplacen'lents of parts which might occur, due to 'a1-ping, or othercauses.

The nunieral 231 indicates a horizontaltv rocking or turntable agitatingdevice within the tub. This device may be of any desired form, but lprefer to employ the forni illustrated in the accompanylug drawing, in

which the said agitator is shown as consist4 ing of a disk-like memberhaving a series of downwardly diverging armsI or fingers depending' tromthe under side thereof. The shaft of this agitator is indicated by thenumeral This portion of the agitator ,is preferably rotatable with, butvertically movable upon, the shaft.

procured by providing the shaft 32 leonitudinally thereof, and atdiametrically opposite points, with wings @@2395 said wings adapted totit within lat/:ral branch slots Sat-#5l from the central sha ft openingot' the disk. The shaft passes loosely through the opening of the disk,and the lower end of the shaft is provided with a head bearing againstthe under side of the disk to prevent 1 ll the said disk trom dropping'entirely oft tue This short crank is prefcraliily mounted. just above acentral plate 3G secured to the' center of the upper side ot the top orcover. This plate has extending upwardly. there from a. pivot stud 37,which is surromldcd by the depending.,T hub of an upper longer crank 39.The under side ot this crank B9 is provided with an elongated recess 40.The end oi short crank 35 is provided with an upwardly-cxtending pin 4l,which pin carries an anti-friction roller 4Q, which roller fits wit-'hinthe recess 40 on the under side of lthe long crank 3S) and bears againstthe'side walls ot' said recess.

Pivotally connected at one of its ends to the outer end, of the longcrank arm 39, is a pitman 4:3. The opposite end ot this pitman ispivotally connected to the worin-- wheel lt will be evident that withthe use ofthe described gearing and the crank connections, when thcshaft l2 is rotated, a reciprocating movement will be imparted to thepitni'an, and this will have the effect of turnint` the long crank arm39 a quarter turn. tirst'in one direction, and then in the other. Asthel of the short crank arm .vorksl in thcelonn'atedrecess Ll() ofthedemg crank arm. it is evident that with the swinging of said longcrank'arm, the short arm 1s given a half turn in opposite directions,and this, in turn, will cause the shatt ano; its agitating device, to becorrespondingly rocked or turned a half turn with every quarter turn otthe long'v e lank arm. It is important for the electivc agitation ot theclothes within the tub. that the agitator he given a halt tarn in bothdirections, and it is through 'the provision ot' the novel arrangementof the cre k connection just ldescribed, that am able to accomplishthis.

The wringe attachment, which is ot the ordiiiarv constructio'i, isdesignated in the drawing' by the numeral all, and is located at one cudol" the machine, being' mounted on an outstandinnr ledge or horizontalsupport 'fi. Forrestbonding; ends ot" thc shafts #Lulli ot" the wringerrolls, are `eared to gether in they usual manner, the gears not being;shown. The lower .vringernml shaft carries on its extreme end a xQ'earwheel 47 which meshes with an idler gear mounted on ay pin or stud, andwhich gear G is lin mesh with ay wider gear ttl. mounted fast on a'transverse shaft l5), rois shalt tl is slidable lmig'itudinally in itshearings, and at one end thereof carries fast thereon two crown lgearsi3d-'50, said crown gears being spaced a suitable distan apart. andbeing covered and protected by a protecting; hood 5l. The crown `:fearsare so located on shaft l-E) that the beveled pinion l-t is in aposition between said Igears. ln Fig. 2 of the drawings` the beveledpinion llis shown in mesh with the outer crown l:fear 50, andconselpiently, when the motor is lonnected up to cause, the rotation otshaft 1:1, the said rotation is imparted to the outer rown gear -vtlthrough the internieshing" therewith of.

the beveled #pinion it. Its the crown gear is i'ast on shalt 12). saidsha'lt is necessarily rotated in one direction. and this rotation otshaft til will cause, through the intermeshing gears t8 and ttf-4T, therotation oi" the shat't -tti of the lower wringnraoll, (the latterbeine' designated by the numeral .32). and the consequent rotation otthewringer-rolls in a direction to eause the. clothes .passed therebetweento be moved in one direction. Now, il. it is desired to cause thewringer-rolls to rotate in a direction opposite to the -lirst describedrotation, so as to feed the clothes passed therebetween l from cloggingmatterq 1 in an opposite direction, to the direction st referred to, theshaft #nl is shifted longritudinaly, or pushed in a direction toward theleft of Eig. 55. This will. have the effect of bringing the innercro\\'n-wheel 50 into en. aggelrnent with the beveled pinion 14, withthe necessary resultv that the opposite rotation referred to, .musttalee place. "the fact that the gear #18 is wider than the -ir Lilli',which is in mesh therewith, admits o1' e continuation of theinterxneshing rela "i l. the gears, notwithstanding 4the shittr of; theshaft `When it desired to throw the Wringer mechanism entirely out oi'operation, all that is necessary to he doneis to shift the shaft t9 tosuch position that the ,'\veied pinion 14e will lie intermediate of toetwo crown gears and-ont of meehing u1ipjagfeinent with both.

ne :Shifting of shaft il@ may he accom-- ished in any desiral'ilemanner, lout all pretceinpiogf for the purpose a Wringer r M innerend ofthis lever is ilh h sind. on shaft ell), Athe inner end of dalrevehearing ,against the hul) oi" the '.r This sleeved end oi thelever 1s il," provided "with ay worm thread 5i, vvluc'h 1S adapted toWork in a.diagonally disposed r1-cove 5i', :termed thenpper end of anupriding lug 54. By lan-ning' the lever in one direction the worinthread, hy 'reason ol' its c; agement with' the nemore referred to,A Laises shaft 19 to sh t longitudinally 1n- .i and prefer to cover the samewith a reinovahie hood G1. 1' anso prefer 'to cover and protect thedil'ferent parte which are mounted upon the top or cover of the maintali 5. ria. the worin wheel. 26, pitinan itil. cranks 3.3 and Si i andrelated parte and for this purpose fl' employ a hinged cover Gif. i

lroin the aliove {'lescriptiou it is thought that an extended.explanation of the opera'- iou of the n'nichinmy will he umiecessaryL @tcourse, where an elect-rie motor eniploved1 the said inol'or isconnected. up to anordinary elef'itric light socket in the usual wayror, when any other iorin et' motor is employed, it is connected up tothe sour e of power. It will lie assumed that the tuh 5 is filled withwater and clothes. and the top or cover ZO oi" said tuh is closed. andthe shaft 49 adjusted hnrgitudiually to such position that `thelie\.'eled pinion 14- occui'iies a neil-meshing iniernimliate positionbetween the tivo crown gears fill. livhen pmver is turned on. necsaarilv l' 1c :initiating device will he caused t: rowfed or turnedhaelt and forth a halt' both direi'- tator will he stopped, and thiswithout the necessity of turning oil' the power. The

clothes are now lifted 'from the main tub 5 and raised sutilcien'tl'xf'to cause'their engagen nient hy the wringer rolls. The shaft 49 is nextshifted so as to cause one of the crown ,gears 50 to. engage the beveledpinion 14. The particular' crown gear thus made to engage the pinion1+i. is the one which will cause rotation oi the Wringer rolls in a direetion to compel an outward movement of the clothes and the deposit ofthe'clothes into a rinsing' tub located adjacent to the wringen?. Afterall the clothes have thus heen taken from tul) 5 and deposited in therinsing tub, tuh 5 can then be again illed with clothes and the top orcover thereof turned downwardly, so as toagain bring' the worm gearinginto mesh` and cause the agitatingr device to operate. After the clotheshave remained in the rinsing tub for the proper time to insure completerinsing, they are removed "lroin said tub and after being passed throughthe Wringer rolls are placed in a hluinp; tul') which is set in theplace formerly occupied by the rinsingl tub adjacent 'to the wringen4The clothes chute 63 is now adinet-ed to the position shown in, Fie,and the shaft 49 is shifted, seas to cause its other crown gear 50 toengage the lieveled pinion 111,' to thereby cause a reverse or inwardaction oi' the Wringer-rolls.

The invention thus eneniplifies an iinprov'ed nearing device which ismore particularly applicable to a i'ashing machine.

The invention is not to he restricted to the details oi" constructionherein setf'oith hut may he varied so as to he 'Within the Scope oi theapi'iended claims.

What 1 claim is:

A rearing device comprising' a fixed support.. a. supporting inemherhinged to said supiort. a power shait on the fixed support. a vvorni onsaid shalt, a gear wheel rotatably mounted on the hinged supportingiuemher and in imesh. with Said worm, a ni'ytched plate on the fixedsupport adjacent he worin. a tongue on the hinged meniher atflial-entthe lgear. said tongue and notch confie-rating to aline the worm andWheel when the hinged ineinher is in closed position. an upright shaftiournaled vin the hiqrd supporting' Inemllen a lever pivotallv sci arcdto the hinged mcniher and hafving 'a recess theren, a. crank mounted onthe up- In testimony whereof, I ax my signarlght shaft and shdnbly `andprvotally conturefm presence of two Wltnesses. nected to sind leverwlthln the recess thereyfV ""3 mf, -zr prtman plvotnlly connected ltosind ULLA' H' y ATIXH S' geur wheel and lever whereby the continu-Vltnesses: l

ons rotation of the power shaft will horl- A. PADDOCK,

zontally reciprocate sadupright shaft. ANETA RASMUSSEN.

